Man arrested for DUI, hit and run, auto theft

Costa Mesa police arrested a man early Saturday after he allegedly stole his mother’s car and drove it through her garage door.

Around 5:15 a.m., according to Lt. Dale Birney, officers stopped Ryan Stanford Smith, 43, near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Fair Drive when they noticed sparks shooting from the undercarriage of his car. Birney said Smith told the officers that his mother was in the backseat of the car, which was untrue.

Police went to Smith’s house on College Avenue, where his mother claimed, according to Birney, that he had driven her car through the garage door. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, hit and run and auto theft, and is being held on $20,000 bail.

— Michael Miller